So, I was wondering what the difference was between what Thomas Paine thought about independence from Great Britain and what James Chalmers thought about the same thing. I know James Chalmers was opposed to it, and Thomas Paine was pro-independence... right? I've been able to look at some excerpts from Paine's Common Sense and Chalmers's Plain Truth.| Recent Questions - History Stack Exchange
The Rhode Island Commission To Encourage Morality In Youth was founded in the late 1950s and sent lists of books that they found objectionable to a number of publishers, which led to the U.S. Supreme Court case Bantam Booke Inc. v. Sullivan heard in 1962 to 1963. What is known about the specific titles and authors that the Commission objected to? So far just from browsing links like the above, I've not found any specific examples.| Recent Questions - History Stack Exchange
Can someone please explain why Allen Dulles, former CIA director, was forced to resign? I'm reading one of his books but haven't found any meaningful information on this.| History Stack Exchange
A social media post I encountered stated that Lehi was supposedly the sender of letter bombs to the then-president Harry Truman and other high-ranking officers at the White House during Jewish insurgency in Palestine. Is this true?| Recent Questions - Skeptics Stack Exchange
A clip on Instagram going run has Trump saying "smart people don't like me." It has 50,000 likes. It was also picked up by Hindustan Times., which was unable to verify it. Did Trump state that "smart people don't like me"?| Recent Questions - Skeptics Stack Exchange
It seems that the current mainstream position, excluding the right wing, in the US is that there is "no organization called Antifa" there, which would therefore invalidate claims that assign blame to that organization for any particular crime or act of violence. However, it also seems abundantly clear that the term "antifa" clearly does refer to something, whether you call it an ideology, a movement etc. It's also clear that the idea can at least be traced back to clear organization in Weimar...| Recent Questions - Politics Stack Exchange
Recently, Trump, followed by the Netherlands and Hungary, expressed intentions to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization. The legality of designating Antifa as terrorists is also questionable, as stated in the links. Nevertheless, even intentions must have some basis. So which specific acts, proven to have been committed by Antifa as an organization, have been officially designated as terrorist acts?| Recent Questions - Politics Stack Exchange
US Attorney for Minnesota Joe Thompson recently stated "we could use 1,000 attorneys but we only have 25" for dealing with fraud in federal social programs that are intended to help vulnerable people. "... program after program after program... hundreds or thousands of bad companies created solely to defraud the system... they are essentially just fraud programs". When asked by a reporter why Minnesota has this amount of fraud, he stated "I don't know". "...More fraud than Miami". "The fraud ...| Recent Questions - Politics Stack Exchange
In this recent story on POLITICO: Pentagon to limit journalists’ access unless they agree not to publish certain information we hear about a new condition for having physical access to the Pentagon. But - how does one currently get such access? Or rather, what are the criteria for access, and who meets them? I'm specifically interested in smaller news outlets and independent reporters; do they qualify at all?| Recent Questions - Politics Stack Exchange
This week, Jimmy Kimmel Live was put on suspension by ABC as a result of comments Kimmel made in his Monday night monologue related to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said It was appearing to directly mislead the American public about a significant fact that probably one of the most significant political events we’ve had in a long time, for the most significant political assassination we’ve seen in a long time. And President Trump said he said a horrible thing...| Recent Questions - Politics Stack Exchange
For context, on Sep 3: The US president said 11 people were killed in the strike in “international waters.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the “lethal strike” as taking place in the “southern Caribbean” against “a drug vessel which had departed from Venezuela.” But, according to a former DEA agent interviewed by the press (around Sep 12), there were too many people on that first boat bombed by the US for it to be a drug runner: Retired Drug Enforcement Administration...| Recent Questions - Politics Stack Exchange
Why hasn't a group like WikiLeaks already leaked all the Epstein files?| Recent Questions - Politics Stack Exchange
I was talking to a friend some time ago about American politics, political parties, etc. During this conversation, I thought of something: If a single party controlled both the House and Senate, they could always pass a joint resolution If the president also belonged to said party, the bills would never get vetoed The president couldn't be impeached, since the House and Senate are under control of the party Because of this, the party could make the Supreme Court judges "disappear" and appoint...| Recent Questions - Politics Stack Exchange
On my ballot for Minnesota are a lot of state-level positions (judges, a representative, county sheriff) where the incumbent is running unopposed. If there are fewer votes for them than blank votes, would they be elected?| Recent Questions - Politics Stack Exchange
Today I read the following claim: Under President Obama: The DOW increased from 6626 to 17481 The S&P 500 increased from 683 to 2040 Unemployment decreased from 10% to 4.9% Uninsured adults decreased from 18% to 11.8% American cars sold increased from 10.4M to 17.5M Deficit as a % of GDP decreased from 9.8% to 2.8% Consumer confidence increased from 37.7 to 92.2 Now I haven't checked this claim - but the broader idea is that Presidential policies have a strong correlation with economic change...| Recent Questions - Politics Stack Exchange
Kimmel’s suspension has given us the clearest picture yet of how the Trump administration intends to deal with the pesky First Amendment. Put pressure on the massive companies that uphold the American media landscape and assume they’ll fall in line. And install political allies at the companies they can’t directly pressure. Like Oracle’s Larry Ellison, who is currently in position to take over the American version of TikTok. Which is why esports journalist Rod Breslau speculated on X ...| Josh Beckman
Some notes about Donald Trump's 2025-02-19 weird statements about Ukraine and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.| /dev/posts/
It was recently reported in the New York Times that the US government is refusing to issue a visa to Hamid Aboutalebi, who was recently nominated as Iran's ambassador to the United Nations. Since ...| Politics Stack Exchange
When the primary election for a party's nominee ends in a toss-up or close contest, wouldn't it be smarter for a party to nominate the candidate who is more effective in general election swing stat...| Politics Stack Exchange
A Forbes article and the University of Melbourne, among other sources, claim “Only Two-Thirds Of American Millennials Believe The Earth Is Round”, which seems to imply that one third of American| Skeptics Stack Exchange
The United States Supreme Court has ruled the Trump administration can proceed with plans to slash staffing at...| www.canberratimes.com.au
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On June 12, 2025, the CSIS Missile Defense Project hosted a fireside chat with Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, on why protecting America's electromagnetic spectrum is critical to U.S. national security. The discussion examined spectrum challenges across defense, critical infrastructure, and emerging technologies that underpin our national security. The post Protecting America’s Spectrum: A Fireside Chat with Sena...| Missile Threat
Auctioning the low-3 S-band spectrum for commercial 5G use poses serious national security risks, potentially interfering with military radar and missile defense systems. Given escalating air and missile threats, the U.S. should maintain exclusive military access to this spectrum while continuing to study long-term sharing options. The post Why Auctioning Military S-Band Spectrum Is a Bad Idea appeared first on Missile Threat.| Missile Threat